Waggner announces he will seek Fawcett's legislative seat

Published 11:15 am, Friday, February 14, 2014

Matthew Waggner, Democrat Registrar of Voters, has announced his intention to run for the seat held by state Rep. Kim Fawcett, D-133.

Matthew Waggner, Democrat Registrar of Voters, has announced his intention to run for the seat held by state Rep. Kim Fawcett, D-133.

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Although state Rep. Kim Fawcett, D-133, hasn't made an official anouncement about her election plans this year, another local Democrat has indicated he will seek Fawcett's legislative seat.

Matt Waggner, the town's Democratic Registrar of Voters, said this week he is organizing a campaign for state representative in the district.

"We need to do more to make our economy reflect our values, and I'm ready to help deliver that change," Waggner, 33, said in a statement.

Waggner says that the response has been positive to his planned candidacy.

Fawcett said last year that she was exploring her options of seeking election to another state office this November, and while she did not say which one, observers expect she is likely to run for the seat in the 28th state Senate District, now held by Republican John McKinney, who is a declared candidate for the GOP's gubernatorial nomination this year.

Waggner, a Fairfield native who returned to Connecticut in 2006 to join Ned Lamont's campaign for U.S. Senate, became a district leader on the Democratic Town Committee in 2007, and was selected to receive the town committee's Denise Dougiello Young Turk Award in 2009.

Waggner is also a freelance graphic designer and a partner in a small business.